Summer!

Finally felt sorta like summer today and the sun was shining. The hydrangeas are blooming in the yard, but I think that they look better on the table!

Digging In

We have finally completed the terraced veggie garden!
Now we just need some sunshine to show the plants which way to grow!
Justin and I already can't wait to eat (and share) the beans, tomatoes, green, yellow, orange and red peppers, watermelon, cucumbers and squash! Here's hoping that they all produce.

Next year we'll hopefully build stairs where that dirt pile in the foreground is. Depends on if we remember how much digging was required :)

dishes are DONE!

The dishwasher has been installed! Hurrah for no more hand-washing silverware.

Here's a sneak peak of how the kitchen is looking now. Still need some finishing touches including backsplash tile, paint and hardware but we are getting there!

Oh! And we finally cleared away all the debris from the deconstruction. Luckily we were able to give away all of the cabinets on craigslist so those don't hit the landfill. What we ended up throwing away was mostly subflooring, the old countertop and dry wall. The bag was as long as Justin's car!

Goin' Green

Even though it's been rainy lately, it's time to get back out in the yard and get everything cleaned up.
We started our veggie garden this weekend and I can't wait to have tasty, fresh peas, beans, tomatoes, peppers, cukes, scallions and hopefully more! I might be a little ambitious, with this being my first garden ever, but we'll see how it goes.We are also planning to add another bed that will be terraced behind this one to fit all the plants.

Justin also scored a sweet, collapsible rain barrel that will keep our veggies from getting too thirsty.

For my birthday, Justin surprised me with a potting bench that he built which fits perfectly in a nook in the garage. Also got lots of garden related gifts, so the pressure is on to prove my green thumb!

Hard as a Rock

The quartz countertops were installed today! The are Silestone in Mont Blanc (it's a white with speckels). I loved the IceStone, concrete and recycled glass countertops, but these ones fit in the budget and are just as pretty.

We still have a lot to do, but all of the big stuff is IN and I love it!

What do you think - a colored backsplash tile? I still can't decide and now am hesitant about committing to a color in the tile because then the kitchen ALWAYS has to be that color. Leaning towards white tile now... then I can change the paint color when I want a new look...

So Shiny and New!

I know it has been a while since the last post.


We did a lot of work getting the yard ready for spring, so not as much has been happening in the kitchen.


We did get our gas range installed and the fridge delivered, though, and I'm loving both of them!! Although I can see that the fingerprints on the fridge are probably going to drive me nuts!

We're almost ready to install the new light fixture and the countertops should be going in within the next two weeks. HURRAH!

Still haven't selected a backsplash tile or paint color!

Splish, Splash!

We are getting down to the wire with the kitchen. Lots of muddin' and sandin' this weekend and almost ready to paint the ceiling. Just need to tie everything together to finish up and I can't believe how quickly the project happened and how different the place looks.

We've also been narrowing down backsplash options and really like the mossaic glass tiles. We're leaning toward the last picture below because the first one looks too dark and the second one could be a bit washed out.
What do you think?